# United Kingdom PEN: INC: Employees voluntary additional contributions: Defined benefit (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: INC: Employees voluntary additional contributions: Defined benefit (ended 2018) () was down 4.3% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −19.1% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 45.00 £m.
Over the past available history it has ranged from −45.3% (Q4 2017) to 139.7% (Q1 2018), averaging −4.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IQ4D.MEASURE-INCOME.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2009-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (40 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-inc-employees-voluntary-additional-contributions-defined-benefit

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 45.00 £m | −4.3 |
| Q3 2018 | 38.00 £m | −19.1 |
| Q2 2018 | 42.00 £m | −14.3 |
| Q1 2018 | 163.0 £m | 139.7 |
| Q4 2017 | 47.00 £m | −45.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 47.00 £m | −39.7 |
| Q2 2017 | 49.00 £m | −35.5 |
| Q1 2017 | 68.00 £m | −42.4 |
| Q4 2016 | 86.00 £m | 1.2 |
| Q3 2016 | 78.00 £m | −17.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 76.00 £m | −14.6 |
| Q1 2016 | 118.0 £m | 18.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 85.00 £m | −3.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 94.00 £m | 6.8 |
| Q2 2015 | 89.00 £m | 14.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 100.0 £m | 11.1 |
| Q4 2014 | 88.00 £m | −5.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 88.00 £m | 7.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 78.00 £m | 1.3 |
| Q1 2014 | 90.00 £m | −4.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 93.00 £m | −5.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 82.00 £m | −8.9 |
| Q2 2013 | 77.00 £m | −9.4 |
| Q1 2013 | 94.00 £m | 5.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IQ4D.MEASURE-INCOME.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IQ4D.MEASURE-INCOME.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```